Can long-term care insurance prevent worsening of frailty among older Chinese adults? A difference-in-differences study based on CHARLS data.

Frailty, which is accompanied by negative health outcomes associated with aging, is an increasingly serious public health problem. Long-term care insurance (LTCI) is an effective intervention for frailty in older adults, but few studies have linked LTCI to frailty prevention. This study aimed to determine the role of LTCI in preventing worsening of frailty in older adults.

Physical activity dynamically moderates the impact of multimorbidity on the trajectory of healthy aging over sixteen years.

Background: Research examining the healthy aging trajectory of retired older adults with multimorbidity is limited, leaving uncertainties regarding the optimal physical activity (PA) intensity and frequency necessary to sustain healthy aging during retirement.

Methods: Our study investigated the moderating effects of PA on the healthy aging trajectories of retired older adults living with multimorbidity in the United States (US). We utilized data from 1,238 retired individuals aged 50 to 102 who contributed 11,142 observations over 16 years from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

Digital health care service reform and health inequity for older people: a quasi-natural experiment in China.

Objective: Addressing health inequity (HI) for older people is a pivotal global public health concern, as it impedes the process of healthy ageing. The digital health care service reform (DHSR) emerges as a progressive public health approach to enhance the health and well-being of older adults by providing comprehensive and equitable medical services. This study elucidates the association between DHSR and HI for older individuals to augment comprehension of DHSR implementation.

Understanding Aging Policies in China: A Bibliometric Analysis of Policy Documents, 1978-2019.

Aging poses a big challenge in all aspects of social governance in China. A coherent and focused aging policy response that spans multiple sectors of government has been undertaken to achieve the goal of "Healthy Aging". From an historical perspective, this paper uses a bibliometric analysis method to probe into the evolution of Chinese aging policies from 1978 to 2019, and the roles of core government agencies in policy-making.

Public Pension, Labor Force Participation, and Depressive Symptoms across Gender among Older Adults in Rural China: A Moderated Mediation Analysis.

Due to insufficient financial support and unceasing work, the rural elderly in China experience a range of mental disorders, and the most common one is depression. This study aims to investigate the association between public pension, labor force participation (LFP), and depressive symptoms for older men and women in rural China. A moderated mediation analysis is conducted using data in the 2015 wave extracted from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a continuous national social survey.